New trial ordered in strip club case
The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a new trial be held to determine if the city intentionally misled a judge during its battle to close a notorious strip club that officials said was actually a brothel.
The Flesh Club closed in 1995 for nearly five years after a judge issued an injunction banning nude dancing in the establishment. The judge used information from the city that later turned out to be wrong.
The ruling put on hold the nude cabaret’s demand for $1.4 million in lost revenue.
In 1995, a city planner testified in court that there were 220 acres zoned for adult businesses in San Bernardino and said the Flesh Club could easily move from its location on Hospitality Lane, the city’s premier business district. It later turned out that there were only 80 acres with the appropriate zoning.
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-- David Kelly
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